2006-07: Redshirted the 2006 Cross Country season, as well as the 2007 indoor and outdoor track seasons due to injury
2006 Outdoor: Earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished fourth in the 1500m run at the NCAA West Regional... Scored 28 points at the WAC Outdoor Championships with two individual championships and one second-place finish, to lead the women to a second-place finish... Won the 1500m run with a WAC Outdoor Championship record time of 4:22.03, won the 10k run with a Cooke Field record time of 36:39.34 and finished second in the 5k run with a personal best time of 17:26.46... Was the highest collegiate finisher in the 1500m run at the Oregon Twilight with a personal best time of 4:18.58, second all-time at Idaho...
2006 Indoor: Earned All-America honors with a third-place finish in the women’s mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Finished 20th in the 3k run at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Earned All-WAC honors in three events at the WAC Indoor Championships ... Finished first in the 3000m, second in the mile, and anchored the first-place women’s distance medley relay team ... Won the 3k run at the Husky Last Chance with a school-record time of 9:18.78 ... Broke the UI record in the 800m run at the Vandal Indoor with a time of 2:09.74 ... Ran the anchor leg of the school-record women’s distance medley relay at the Husky Classic, where she was also the top collegiate finisher in the mile
2005 XC: Won the 2005 WAC Cross Country Championship to help the Vandals to the women’s team title, Idaho’s first WAC title ... Selected as the WAC Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year
2004: Placed 14th at the Big West Cross Country Championships helping the Vandals to a second-place finish... Finished 40th at the West Regional and 147th at the National Championship meet... Placed sixth in the mile at the WAC Indoor Championships... Redshirted the 2005 outdoor season.
2003: Placed 22nd at the Big West Cross Country Championships as the Vandal women came in third place... Finished fourth in the 1500m run at conference in 4:29.34, missing a regional qualifying time by .22 seconds... Owns the fourth best 1,500m time at Idaho and the fourth best indoor mile time.
Personal: Full Name is Danielle Marie Olson... born July 30, 1985 ... daughter of Michael and Cindi Hillis ... has two sisters, Desi and Kayla ... graduated from Estacada HS in 2003 ... participated in volleyball, softball and track ... Finished second at the Oregon State Championship in the 1,500m and third in the 800m... majoring in sports science at UI.
Personal Bests:
Indoor:
800m: 2:09.74 (SR)
Mile: 4:40.60 (SR)
3k: 9:18.78 (SR)
Outdoor:
800m: 2:08.64
1500m: 4:18.58
5k: 17:26.80
10k: 35:43.13
